Tanner Mordecai
SMU Mustangs – No. 8 | |
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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Junior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Waco, Texas | November 8, 1999
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
High school | Midway (Waco, Texas) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Tanner Mordecai is an American football quarterback for the SMU Mustangs.
High school career[]
Mordecai attended Midway High School in Waco, Texas. During his career he passed for 4,797 yards and 51 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[1]
College career[]
Mordecai played at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020. In his first year he appeared in two games as a backup to Kyler Murray and took a redshirt. In 2019 he competed with Jalen Hurts to be the starter but lost the job and was the backup to Hurts for the season.[2][3] In 2020 he again competed for the starting job, this time with Spencer Rattler, but again lost the job and spent the year as his backup.[4] Overall he played in 12 games at Oklahoma, completing 50 of 70 passes for 639 yards and four touchdowns.
In 2021, Mordecai transferred to Southern Methodist University.[5] In his first year at SMU, he was named the starter.[6] In his first start, he threw for a school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian.[7]
Statistics[]
Year | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
2018 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2019 | Oklahoma | 6 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 207 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 153.8 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 |
2020 | Oklahoma | 4 | 32 | 40 | 80.0 | 395 | 9.9 | 2 | 1 | 174.5 | 11 | -14 | -1.3 | 0 |
2021 | SMU | 12 | 308 | 454 | 67.8 | 3,628 | 8.0 | 39 | 12 | 158.0 | 74 | 202 | 2.7 | 2 |
Career | 24 | 358 | 524 | 68.3 | 4,267 | 8.1 | 43 | 13 | 158.8 | 89 | 204 | 2.3 | 2 |
Source:[8]
References[]
- ^ "From Midway magic to Sooner magic: QB Tanner Mordecai ready to start next chapter with Oklahoma". Oklahoman.com. December 20, 2017.
- ^ "OU football: Jalen Hurts beats out Tanner Mordecai in 'closest' quarterback competition". Oklahoman.com. August 20, 2019.
- ^ Press, CLIFF BRUNT Associated. "'Tanner Mordecai did a phenomenal job' — but Jalen Hurts gets Oklahoma QB nod". WacoTrib.com.
- ^ Spencer Rattler named starting QB for No. 5 Oklahoma
- ^ Staff report. "Ex-Midway QB Mordecai commits to SMU after leaving Oklahoma". WacoTrib.com.
- ^ "Source: SMU names Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai starting QB". Dallas News. August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Tanner Mordecai breaks SMU single-game passing TD record in win over Abilene Christian". Dallas News. September 5, 2021.
- ^ "Tanner Mordecai College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Waco, Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
- American football quarterbacks
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- SMU Mustangs football players
- 1999 births